Ska :: the rhythm of liberation /

In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Heather Augustyn examines how ska music first emerged in Jamaica as a fusion of popular, traditional, and even classical musical forms. As a genre, it was a connection to Africa, a means of expression and protest, and a respite from the struggles of colonization and...

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1. Verfasser: Augustyn, Heather, 1972-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Tempo (Lanham, Md.)
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Zusammenfassung:In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Heather Augustyn examines how ska music first emerged in Jamaica as a fusion of popular, traditional, and even classical musical forms. As a genre, it was a connection to Africa, a means of expression and protest, and a respite from the struggles of colonization and grinding poverty. Ska would later travel with West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, where British youth embraced the music, blending it with punk and pop and working its origins as a music of protest and escape into their pr.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index.
ISBN:9780810884502
081088450X
9781299875609
1299875602

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